Heat Transfer: the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object Radiation: a transfer of energy through empty space Conduction: when heat transfers by direct contact of particles of matter Convection: heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid Density: a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a subtance Convection Current: the flow that transfers heat within fluid
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1.2 Convection Currents and the Mantle
Vocabulary
Heat Transfer: the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
Radiation: a transfer of energy through empty space
Conduction: when heat transfers by direct contact of particles of matter
Convection: heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
Density: a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a subtance
Convection Current: the flow that transfers heat within fluid
Notes
Convection in Earth's Mantle